Cattle-holder.



' No. 699,988. v Patented May l3, I902.

J. E. 8, W. TERRELL &. F. M. MONTGOMERY,

CATTLE HOLDER. I

(Application filed Oct '21, 1901 2 shaets sheet I.

(No Model.)

No, 699,988. Patented May l3, I902.- J. E. W. TERRELL & F. M. MONTGOMERY.

CATTLE HOLDER. (Application rum our; 21, 1901. (No mam. 2 Sheets--Sheet z.

v lummto' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH E. TERRELL,.WILLI AM,TERRELL, ANDFRANKLIN MVMONTGOMERY, v OF CLARENDON, TEXAS.

.CAT TLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 699,988, dated May 13, 1902. Application filed October 21, 1991 Serial No. 79,435. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, JOSEPH E. TERRELL, WILLIAM TERRELL, and FRANKLIN M; Monr- GOMERY, citizens of the United States of-' America, residing at Clarendon, in the'county of Donley and State of Texas, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oattle-Holders, of which the following is aspect,

The object of the invention is to provide novel means for confining cattle and holding I5 them in an upright position against movement. 1

Futhermore, theobject of the invention is to provide novel operating mechanism whereby pressure'is exerted against the bodies of the cattle confined.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a holder adapted for cattle of va rying sizes and in combination therewith a gate for controlling the passage through the 2 5 holder, the said gate being operated from the point of operating of the holding mechanism. With the foregoing and other objects in view the inventioniconsists in the details of construction and inthe arrangement and combination of parts whereby a cattle-holder is produced which will possess advantages'in points of efliciencey, durability,-and inexpensive production, proving at the same time simple in operation. i In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cattle-.5 holder embodying theinvention. Figs. 2 and 3 are end views showing the parts in dilferent positions. In the drawings, 1 indicates a series of pairs of sleepers, on which the'holder is supported. Between each pair of sleepers are pivoted two posts 2, slightly separated'andfree toswing apart with sufficient distance to admit of the passage of the cattle therebetween. The series of posts on each side are connected by the rods3 and at the lower ends by the boards 4, which serve to confine the cattle and pre- Vent their feet from protruding outside of the plan of the posts. top have pivoted thereto the links '5," the ends Each pair of posts at the 5 5 of thelinks being pivotally connected at the ends opposite to those which are pivoted to the post. Links 6 are pivoted to the central pair of links 5 and connect with the lever 7, which is 'fulcrumed between" the uprights 8, supported on the central sleepers.

In practice we prefer to station the holder at the end of a chute or way-through which the-cattle are-driven andtmade to enter the holder, when a pull on the lever 7 will serve toswing the sides of the lever toward the sides of the animal, which are compressed or squeezed to such a degree that said animal is held against movement longitudinally of the holder and its feet are confined by the strips 4.

A gate 9 is pivoted at one end of the holder by means of the rails thereof at one end heingwpivoted between uprights 10.

The front end of the gate is elevated through the medium of a flexible connection 11, which is run over a pulley 12 and terminates in the end of lever 7, in order that a single operator may manipulate the lever which operates the sides of the holder and also the connection which raises the gate or allows it to descend by gravity.

It is noted that various changesin the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying the invention into practice without departing from the-scope thereof.

Having thus fully describedthe invention, what we claim-as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

In a cattle-holder, a series of posts suitably vpivoted at their lower ends, a second/ series suitably pivoted at theirlower ends'and acting in conjunction with the first-named series, links pivoted -to the tops'of the posts and pivoted together in pairs, upwardly-extending links pivoted to the intermediate pair of links, a lever for elevating and depressing the upwardly-extending links, and boards and rods connecting the posts to form opposite sides whereby the movement of the I intermediate posts will be conveyed to the end posts, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signa- 

